IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 191-06
March 4, 2006
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DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Christopher S. Merchant, 32, of Hardwick, Vt., died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq,
on March 1, when his HMMWV came under attack by enemy forces using a
vehicle-borne improvised explosive device and rocket-propelled grenade.
Merchant was assigned to the Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 172nd
Infantry Regiment, Jericho, Vt.